classical Literture
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Zeus | God of Thunder
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| Hera | Goddess of Marriage and Childbirth
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| Poseidon | God of the Sea, Horses, Earthquakes
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| Hades | Lord of the Underworld
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| Hestia | Virginal Goddess of the Hearth, Home, and Community
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| Demeter | Goddess of Fertility and Harvest
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| Athena | Virgin Goddess of Wisdom, Practical Arts, and War
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| Hephaestus | Lame God of Smithing, Metalworking, and Craftsmanship
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| Ares | God of War
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| Aphrodite | Goddess of Love
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| Artemis | Virgin Goddess of Hunting and the Moon
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| Medusa | One of the 3 Gorgons, whose gaze turns creatures to stone.
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| Sphinx | Monster with the head of a Women, the body of a Lion, the tail of a Serpent, and the wings of an Eagle
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| Cerberus | Three-headed watchdog who stood watch at the gate of the Underworld
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| Periphetes/Corynetes | Lame Son of Hephaestus and Anticleia who clubbed stangers over the head
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| Sinis/Pityocamptes | Robber who killed his victims by bending two tress and tying their arms to one tree, their legs to another, and then letting go
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| Sciron | Murderer who killed travelers by kicking them over a cliff into the jaws of a man-eating turtle
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| Cercyon | Inhospitable host who wrestled his guests to death or killed them after the match had exhausted them
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| Procrustes | was a rogue smith and bandit who physically attacked people, stretching them, or cutting off their legs so as to make them fit an iron bed's size.
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| Minotaur | A monster with a bull's head and a mans body housed in the nearly inescapable Labyrinth
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| Muses | 9 Goddess who inspired artists
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| Nymphs | Minor female divinities, beautiful youthful amorous spirits of nature
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| Trident | Poseidon
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| Labyrinth | Theseus or Minotaur
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| Eagle and Thunderbolt | Zeus
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| Peacock | Hera
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| Winged Cap and Sandals | Hermes
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| Shield with Medusa's Image | Athena
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| Snakes for hair | Medusa
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| Riddle of the Sphinx | Oedipus
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| Cerberus | Hades
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| Nemean Lion | Hercules
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| Dove | Aphrodite
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| Golden Fleece | Jason and the Argonauts
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| One Eye, One Tooth | Graeae
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| Poison | Medea
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| Vulnerable Heel | Achilles
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